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Comment by Butcherblade

Comment by Pebber

Due to the fact that the encounter is made up from four different bosses and all of them can drop the shoulders is what makes wowhead list them as a zonedrop.

Comment by mooocca

drop this shoulder and win at rollbut they have sta and armor bugged...give less health then they says :(someone have same problem?(dudu tank)

Comment by plath

Obviously these are identical to the rogue T11 shoulders. Even so, the fashionista in me was pleased to discover that they match the druid tier surprisingly well. It's a nice change from the mismatched hodge podge ferals usually have to put up with during what time they spend out of feral forms.

Comment by anjexu

Slightly better than the Cat Druid T11 shoulders, only downside is that they aren't tier (duh) which means you don't get the set bonus if you're aiming for that. Easier to obtain IMO, ODS is a fairly easy encounter compared to Cho'gall (and the fact that you have 3 bosses before being able to reach the latter).

Comment by fatdrood

as far as i can see thse are the only shoulders with agi and mastery which possibly makes them BiS for feral dps

Comment by Selverein

The 3D Preview tool and Ctrl+Clicking the item link in-game results in what appears to be clipping through the back of the character's shoulders and a fairly loose gap between the front of the shoulders and the armor itself.

I'd appreciate if anyone with the actual item could confirm/deny this. I'm a Tauren if that makes any difference.

Comment by nfitbh

According to the drop rates, Magma drops these 21% of the time and Arcano drops them 8% of the time.

Is that 29% of the time that Omni is downed these shoulders should drop? I must have downed Omni for the last 10 consecutive weeks and havent seen these (epic by their visual design as well as epic by stats) shoulders for my bear.

Or are there some scenarios where different parts of Omni have drops? I've noticed that (according to wowhead) Electron has no drops, but the other 3 do?

Any clues as to the true drop rate when downing Omnitron?

Thanks!

Comment by sydazlir

I'm fairly certain it's that those two are the only ones who will actually drop it. If you look at the loot tables, it seems that Magmatron drops nice Roguey gear, Toxitron more along the lines of healing/caster stuff, and Arcanotron is a mix up of it all. Electron has no loot table for some reason. I've downed the bosses several times without any loot for my rogue. But when we killed the council when Magmatron was active, BAM leather gear. If you REALLY want the shoulders, I suggest coordinating your group to kill Mag (although they mightnot be particularly happy bout it).

Edit: It actually appears that the two Golems who actually drop the loot are chosen at random, not the ones who are active at the time of death. So there's no real way to guarantee your drop.

Comment by Blutkrieg

While this response is quite late, I have only seen these shoulders twice since I looted the original pair (three total), and my guild has downed Omnitron Defense System since week two of Cataclysm. I have terrible luck (yet for some reason I play a Rogue) as far as loot drops go (took me sixteen Halfus Wyrmbreaker kills to get my boots, twenty-five Heroic Halls of Origination for my bracers).

As for the loot of the Omnitron Defense System, it appears that all of the bosses share some loot with another, and also have loot exclusive to them. That is just observation and not supported by any facts, but it seems to hold some truth. We've seen the caster ring five to six times, the Rogue dagger once (thank God), the Plate DPS bracers twice, and assorted other things.

To be honest, I would believe the loot table of Magmatron more than that of Arcanotron, as it has a higher drop-rate (supposedly). Realistically, if at all, its more likely around that 21%.

Comment by Mydge

Never has Transmogrify been more useful than with these god awful, blue shiny shoulders.